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Notes on Fan Reactions
[edit]Sorry, but, I prefer McFeely's edit. It's not "fanboy whinging", it's legitimate info that IDW missed the mark by misinterpreting what the fandom's real complaint was. They thought we wanted an explanation; we actually didn't want a change at all.
(Or rather, I guess you could say that McFeely's note stated what the "fanboy whinging" actually consisted of, whereas the current note is misleading on that matter.) --Jeysie 16:35, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- I squint my eyes at any blanket claims of what "the fans" think. Before I changed the note, I skimmed the IDW forum thread about Spotlight: Prowl, and the responses covered a wide spectrum of like to dislike, for a variety of reasons. McFeely's particular reason did come up, but not excessively, and certainly not universally. I'm not familiar enough with the fandom reception as a whole to decide what's worth including in the article, but the original note came across as a personal opinion masquerading as a unanimous response. - Jackpot 16:48, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- It's probably worth my chiming in to point out that I don't particularly care about the Prowl drama, personally. I added it as something I've observed, rather than as a personal issue. - Chris McFeely 16:54, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- It's something I observed as well, on various forums. I think McFeely's original edit was closer to the mark of what the fan reaction consisted of... or at least worth mentioning as being one of the prominent reactions. I just couldn't think of a good way to add it in without significantly changing the re-edit, so I thought I'd bring it up here. --Jeysie 17:16, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- I think what's most key here is evidence, so I dug further back into the forum archives, and I found a thread with a bunch of people expressing this point of view. I added a sentence to the note and linked to the thread; I think it comes across a lot less fanboyishly now. - Jackpot 19:55, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- OK, that works better, thankee. (And, you should try looking outside of the IDW forums more often. ;) The Allspark and I believe the TFArchive were other places that had similar gripes, off the top of my head.) --Jeysie 20:52, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- No problem. And if you have a more representative link, by all means, swap it in. I pulled from the IDW forum because it seemed an obvious place to quickly find discussion about the comics, and I didn't want to spend more time than I had to on this. Plus I figure it's more likely that the IDW people would actually read feedback there than anywhere else, so if we're going to be snarky about the criticism, that's a solid source of evidence. - Jackpot 22:04, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- OK, that works better, thankee. (And, you should try looking outside of the IDW forums more often. ;) The Allspark and I believe the TFArchive were other places that had similar gripes, off the top of my head.) --Jeysie 20:52, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- I think what's most key here is evidence, so I dug further back into the forum archives, and I found a thread with a bunch of people expressing this point of view. I added a sentence to the note and linked to the thread; I think it comes across a lot less fanboyishly now. - Jackpot 19:55, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- It's something I observed as well, on various forums. I think McFeely's original edit was closer to the mark of what the fan reaction consisted of... or at least worth mentioning as being one of the prominent reactions. I just couldn't think of a good way to add it in without significantly changing the re-edit, so I thought I'd bring it up here. --Jeysie 17:16, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
- It's probably worth my chiming in to point out that I don't particularly care about the Prowl drama, personally. I added it as something I've observed, rather than as a personal issue. - Chris McFeely 16:54, 3 May 2010 (EDT)